--- title: Measles cases are rising. Other vaccine-preventable... description: Measles outbreaks are accelerating across the US and UK, driven by declining vaccination rates well below the 95% threshold needed for herd immunity. Experts... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/measles-cases-are-rising-other-vaccine-preventable-infections-could-be-next--gutdozhrd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Measles cases are rising. Other vaccine-preventable infections could be next. | daily.dev og:description: Measles outbreaks are accelerating across the US and UK, driven by declining vaccination rates well below the 95% threshold needed for herd immunity. Experts... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/measles-cases-are-rising-other-vaccine-preventable-infections-could-be-next--gutdozhrd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/guTDozhRD.png og:image:alt: Measles cases are rising. Other vaccine-preventable infections could be next. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Measles cases are rising. Other vaccine-preventable infections could be next. **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Measles outbreaks are accelerating across the US and UK, driven by declining vaccination rates well below the 95% threshold needed for herd immunity. Experts warn this trend could foreshadow resurgences of other vaccine-preventable diseases including mumps, polio, and hepatitis B. Recent CDC changes removing the hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns, combined with growing parental refusal of even vitamin K injections, are raising alarms among public health officials. 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